I mean, remember the snake? There is no such thing as a talking snake!

Thus satan-did-it.

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Hang on ... Adam and Eve were members of Slytherin house?!Does this mean the fall caused there to be muggles?Did Cain's soul fracture when he killed Abel?Is THAT what's inside the Ark of the Covenant? Cain's horcrux?!!!That would make SO much sense!!!

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Science: I'll believe it when I see itFaith: I'll see it when I believe it

Did we ever figure out why scientists all over the world are hiding under lab tables, quivering in fear behind their microscopes, and huddled sobbing in the break room with their lab coats over their heads?

God.

No, just kidding.

The scientists I know are not afraid of god--my hard core science geek friends don't even think about god that much....

What really scares them is loss of grant funding, TA's who don't speak English, cross-contamination of the petri dish, or maybe the prospect of another pointless debate with ignorant fundies.

or maybe the prospect of another pointless debate with ignorant fundies.

You can hand them off to me if you like. While I don't precisely enjoy the experience of smashing down their arguments, it does let me work out some of my stress.

One of the main reasons why I joined this website. Good stress reliever.

-Nam

Bing. Same here. I may have to kow tow to superstitious nonsense at work and with family. Not here.

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An Omnipowerful God needed to sacrifice himself to himself (but only for a long weekend) in order to avert his own wrath against his own creations who he made in a manner knowing that they weren't going to live up to his standards.

*Somewhere, in the high tech labs of humanity, there lies a great fear*

Theist: God.

Scientists: IT BURNS!!!!!!! GAHHHHHH *hides under table like cockroaches*.

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or maybe the prospect of another pointless debate with ignorant fundies.

You can hand them off to me if you like. While I don't precisely enjoy the experience of smashing down their arguments, it does let me work out some of my stress.

One of the main reasons why I joined this website. Good stress reliever.

-Nam

Bing. Same here. I may have to kow tow to superstitious nonsense at work and with family. Not here.

Well, mine is more in the actual arguing more than relenting, which I rarely do anyway. Recently, an aunt of mine kept calling me a "jerk" and by the fifth time I replied to her, "You know, for one who is so set on no profanity being said in her house you don't seem to have a problem with name-calling and since you don't if you continue calling me a "jerk" I'm going to start calling you aunt Bitch." She was speechless. Was I being a jerk? Yes but it's irrelevant based on her "no profanity in my house" rule; and calling someone a "jerk" is being profane. Why people think water-downed versions of words are actually not those words is beyond me.

Cars are obviously created and created for a very specific purpose. The world is not obviously created at all. In fact it is obviously purposeless. The argument from design is specious.

Trust me, that is not going to do squat to a theist.

You could link EVERY single design flaw, and every species selectively bred by humans, and it would not get through...

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